Read Signs? 101, DIY Widow

Ut-Oh!

Definitely did it this time! My family will never let me live this one down.

I guess I could blame it on not having my glasses on but I don’t need them for reading. Of course, the sign was fairly large, at least nine by nine in inches.

You know God gave us senses of touching, hearing, tasting, smelling, and seeing. Sometimes we should just use more than one sense at a time.

For this “ut-oh”, I chose to use just the sense of hearing and threw in a little seeing what I wanted to see. In other words, I was just blindly following my sense of hearing.

Okay here’s the deal.

I was traveling with my family on a six-hour trip and we decided to stop at a Whataburger for food and restrooms. My Grandson who was carrying his twenty-month-old daughter was leading us into the Whataburger. They had already gone into a restroom when I entered the hallway headed for the women’s restroom.

As I was walking into the hall, I heard my Great Granddaughter talking, so I pushed on the door and entered that restroom. My Grandson was standing there with his back to me.

I asked him,” So, you brought your daughter into the women’s restroom?”

He did not turn around but then I noticed, to my surprise, that he was standing in front of a men’s urinal!

Suddenly, all kinds of bells, whistles, and lights went off in my head!

I asked him, “So, I am in the men’s restroom?”

He never turned around as he answered, “Yes, Nancy!”

The poor guy didn’t even want to acknowledge me as his Grandmother who he calls Meme!

I could barely walk for the tears running down my face from my laughter and I really thought I might just embarrass myself by wetting my britches as I ran to the women’s restroom.

What was I thinking and better yet why am I sharing this with you all? Signs. See the signs. Read the signs.

The bathrooms do not say Men’s and Women’s anymore. They just have these guy and girl stick-ish figures. The only difference is one has a skirt thangy but the main reason I am sharing this is, it’s downright funny!

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9 Comments

marion rowert May 9, 2018

It happens. At our local casino, there are two separate restrooms.
One in non-smoking and one in the smoking area.
In a hurry, didn’t pay attention to where the ladies restroom was.
Always turned left in the smoking area. Not so in the non-smoking area.
In I march in and there was this man right there doing his thing.
A quick retreat and I hoped he never saw me. No doors but there was a sign on the wall.
So, it does happen and found that I was a quick learner. Never again.

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- Nancy Henderson May 9, 2018
  
  Marion just writing this, could not quit laughing. Life is so unpredictable and so much fun. Thank you for sharing,now I don’t feel all alone in my escapade. I will definitely try to read the signs, especially on bathroom doors. Of course, I can not promise that I won’t do it again but pretty certain it will never leave my mind.
  God Bless you,
  Nancy Lou
- Chuck Bartok May 17, 2018
  
  You are correct, Marion
  At Rolling Hills, the Men’s bathroom is on right in the smoking section and on the left in non-smoking.
  Very confusing for some of us who have short-term memories…
  ~~smile
John Conway May 9, 2018

Life’s funny moments are funnier in the rearview mirror. I had a similar experience myself as a very green freshman at Iowa State University in 1964. I’m still embarrassed even in recollection. I think you missed a real opportunity not titling this episode “Nancy Lou in the Loo”.

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- Nancy Henderson May 9, 2018
  
  I wanted to title that but I am limited on title size. All I could think about was Nancy Loo. I really fit that name. No doubt that I knew you would love this blog. I even wanted to tell about your voice recognition thinking you said Nancy Loo. I guess you had a premonition.
  God Bless
  Nancy
D. D. Hayes May 9, 2018

Interesting how the distinguishing feature for the person in the wheelchair is ??? …I guess being disabled means your over any embarrassment for being… something other than male or female? I don’t know how to laugh at this…clearly, being disabled means either never having to worry which bathroom you wheel into, or maybe gender related signs are designed to make us all feel a bit disabled for our momentary state of being!
Ha….ut oh, sorry… that was for a completely unrelated sign of dysfunction! 😀

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- Nancy Henderson May 9, 2018
  
  Dennis, you are too funny. Thinking they need to put a dress or pants on that wheelchair but I guess they assumed everyone would connect to the stick guy and girl. one thing for sure, it didn’t matter to me because I was just using my sense of hearing. LOL
  God Bless,
  Nancy
Mary Rae May 22, 2018

I’ve done this before too. I won’t do it again for sure as to me those urinals are nasty! lol.

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- Nancy Henderson May 22, 2018
  
  Mary Rae, you bet they are! You would think they would be easier to clean than a regular toilet but seems it is not true. I really pray I don’t do it again ever. Thinking, I should use my eyes and not just my ears.
  Thank you so much for your comment.
  God Bless you,
  Nancy